The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26
TOWARDS THE BORDER.
Horse Racing at GlenwoOd- Some
Peculiar Complications.
To the Editor OF THE HEaALD:

REGULAR computations.
To the Editor OF THE HERALD:
The race between the Clark horse,
known as Ranger, and the horse Tom
Benton, came off on the 9th of January
as stated in The HERALD a short time
ago-with q somewhat peculiar termi-
nation. After both animals had been
walked owes the track several times be-
fore gaping multitude" of thousand
men, women and boys, and betting had
run high on Ranger-ten to one-and
the Tn BentoniIes were getting down
into their boots instead of into their
pockets, Ranger gave his head a sling
and jerked away from the boys
who had him in hand, and
off he went lover the hills
to Gowrie." The time for running, II
M, had almost come round; the Tom
Benton men drew themselves up several
feet above the tops OF their boots and
began singing their pocket books anu
offering 81 to 81 on their horse, feeling
assured that Ranger would be done for
by the time he was brought back by the
dozen or fifteen men who went IN pur-
suit of the runaway. AS Ranger Was
not brought back by the time set tor the
race, the Benton men set up claim to
the stakes. After a good deal of talk
on both sides, they concluded to try the
race at all hazards, the Benton men be-
ing sure that Ranger had expended all
his force on the runaway, and the
others sure that the little run he had
INDUCED in would only serve to wake
him up. So off they started, Ranger
getting up full speed the instant he
struck the track, and Benton coming
moping along, but seeming to be gettin
up speed as he progressed, but to no
purpose, as Ranger came out thirty feet
ahead, in distance of 500 yards,
The Tom Bentonites
SET UP A YELL OF "sTtEDLE"
and used great many other hard words,
one individual recovered his horse thas
he had bet on Benton, and took his
leave. Some time after, the judge Of
the race, it is said, met him in Glen
wood and ordered him, with pistol in
hand, to dismount and Surrender his
horse to the winners. After some loud
talk he gave up the annual, but the
sequel is peculiar: AS there was case
of horsestealing or something of that
kind being tried at Glenwood before
Justice Payne, Mr.. Davis, the winner OF
the horse mentioned above, came to
town, hitched his horse to post and
went into court, but as soon
as Davis had closed the door after
him, the former owner of the horse
walked up to the animal, pulled off the
saddle and bride, tied a rope around
his neck and started off IN double
quick on the road to Rich6eld. The
word was passed into the court, and q
general stampede took place, leaving
one of the lawyers in the middle of an
animated plea. Constable and deputies
were in hot pursuit in a few sc IS
shot guns in hand; Mr.. Davis stra
horse, and was on his track bef,
the officers could turn around. t.
outcome of the matter was that he go
off with the horse.
Horse gamblers are unlucky, some
how. The case referred to above was
one which had grown out OF similar
horse-race affair.
a Mr.. Jacobson, some years ago, had
bet and lost his horse and the winner
had made off with him. The horse had
changed hands several times when il
came into the hands of Mr.. William
Perkins, of Richheld. The horse in the
course of time had wandered back to
Jaeobson's ranch. IN the head of Grass
Valley, and it was alleged that the
rancher